A group of robbers dug their way into the basement of a bank in Paris and emptied almost 200 private safes(保险箱).

They entered the Credit Lyonnais branch using building equipment to dig holes and destroy walls.

1.        Saturday night, they tied up a security guard and spent 2.        next nine hours robbing the bank.

One investigator described the robbery 3.        a “professional job”. The robbers came in at about 22:00 on Saturday 4.        left at 7:00 on Sunday. They entered through the basements of the neighboring building, digging through a series of tunnels and making a hole into a wall of 80 cm thick to get into the bank, 5.        was having building works at the time.

         When 6.        left, the robbers set the place on fire to remove any trace of evidence, switching  on the anti-fire system and flooding the building. Fortunately, the guard escaped unharmed.

7.         is difficult to estimate the total value of 8.        was stolen as only the bank’s clients(储户) know the content of their private safes.

A group of robbers dug their way into the basement of a bank in Paris and emptied almost 200 private safes(保险箱).

They entered the Credit Lyonnais branch using building  16  (equip) to dig holes and destroy walls  17  Saturday night. They tied up a security guard and spent  18  next nine hours robbing the bank.

One investigator described the robbery  19  a “professional job”. The robbers came in at about 22:00 on Saturday  20  left at 7:00 on Sunday. They entered through the basements of the neighbouring building, digging through a series of tunnels and making a hole into a wall of 80 cm thick to get into the bank,  21  was having building work at the time.

 When they left, the robbers set the place on fire to remove any trace of evidence,  22  (switch) on the anti-fire system and flooding the building.  23  (fortune), the guard escaped unharmed.   

   24  is difficult to estimate(估计) the total value of what   25   (steal) as only the bank’s clients(储户) know the content of their private safes.

A group of robbers dug their way into the basement of a bank in Paris and emptied almost 200 private safes(保险箱).

They entered the Credit Lyonnais branch using building  16  (equip) to dig holes and destroy walls  17  Saturday night. They tied up a security guard and spent  18  next nine hours robbing the bank.

One investigator described the robbery  19  a “professional job”. The robbers came in at about 22:00 on Saturday  20  left at 7:00 on Sunday. They entered through the basements of the neighbouring building, digging through a series of tunnels and making a hole into a wall of 80 cm thick to get into the bank,  21  was having building work at the time.

 When they left, the robbers set the place on fire to remove any trace of evidence,  22  (switch) on the anti-fire system and flooding the building.  23  (fortune), the guard escaped unharmed.   

   24  is difficult to estimate(估计) the total value of what   25   (steal) as only the bank’s clients(储户) know the content of their private safes.

SECTION B

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.

Maja Kazazic thought she’d never walk without pain again before she saw the dolphin Winter with an artificial tail. For a long time, she had been  36  the injured dolphin which swam around the tank. From a distance, the dolphin seemed approachable enough. Still, as Kazazic prepared herself for the jump, a little  37  crept into (开始影响) her excitement. Despite her fear, she felt strong with her   38  leg.

Several years ago, Kazazic  39  her five-year-old cousin Jasmina because of an incurable disease. Kazazic swore she would honor the little girl by swimming with a dolphin, an animal that both girls admired. “Jasmina never got the chance to do it, ” says Kazazic, “so I decided that I’d do it for her someday.”

In high school, Kazazic   40  sports and planned to become a professional   41  . But in 1993, a bomb exploded in the school courtyard. The six friends she had been   42  were killed. Both of Kazazic’s legs were seriously injured.

In a temporary hospital, her left leg was thought beyond  43  and was cut off. “There was no anesthesia(麻醉),” she recalled. “They tied me down before giving me a piece of rubber to  44  on. I could feel everything but couldn’t make a sound.” Her wound became infected due to lack of medicines. Two years later, Kazazic got a new leg.

“After being in a dangerous war zone, this should be pretty easy,” Kazazic said before she  45  herself in the tank. She held out a hand to Winter, who  46  cautiously, then moved away. After a few minutes, Winter let Kazazic touch her back and nuzzled(用鼻子轻触)up to her shoulder. The two started an hour-long swim.

She would have shouted with joy  47  she quietly explained, “I used to feel like I owed somebody something, and now I’ve paid my debt.” Out in the parking lot, she made a joyful and excited cry until her voice was hoarse.

36      A. feeding              B. watching            C. helping              D. comforting

37      A. courage             B. hope                  C. power               D. panic

38      A. artificial            B. injured              C. healthy              D. muscled

39      A. left                   B. rejected             C. lost                   D. helped

40      A. favored             B. quitted               C. reformed           D. failed

41      A. pianist               B. athlete               C. teacher              D. specialist

42      A. thinking about    B. talking about      C. chatting with      D. dealing with

43      A. belief                B. adaptation          C. cure                  D. imagination

44      A. take                  B. hold                  C. look                  D. bite

45      A. trained              B. introduced         C. dressed              D. lowered

46      A. approached        B. mentioned          C. accessed            D. withdrew

47      A. and                   B. but                    C. or                     D. for

A king in Africa had a close friend with whom he had grown up. The friend had a habit of looking at every bad situation that occurred in his life and   1 , “This is good!”
One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting   2 . The friend would   3   the guns for the king. But this time he had   4  done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.
Examining the   5  the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” to which the king replied, “No, this is NOT good!” and   6  imprisoned his friend.
About a year later, the king was hunting in an area where he should have known not to hunt. Cannibals(食人者)   __7 him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, set up a wooden post and   8  him to it. As they came close to set fire to burn the king, they   9  that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So  10  the king, they sent him on his way.
As he returned home, he was   11  of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the  12  to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” Then he  13  to tell the friend all that had just happened.
“I feel  14  for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”
“No,” his friend replied, “this is good!”
“What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?”
“If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been ___15  !”